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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2009, 7:14 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2009, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2009, 7:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lafayette, IN | 1 1/2 FT DIAMETER DEAD TREE BROKEN AS GUST FRONT CAME THROUGH. |
| Aug 19, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Delphi, IN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED BY BOW ECHO. POWER LINES ALSO KNOCKED DOWN BY TREES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 192314
TORIND
INC015-023-067-157-200000-
/O.NEW.KIND.TO.W.0028.090819T2314Z-090820T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
714 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 712 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROSSVILLE AROUND 730 PM EDT...
FLORA AROUND 740 PM EDT...
BURLINGTON AROUND 750 PM EDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 185.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4071 8651 4071 8641 4070 8637 4058 8637
4058 8620 4048 8615 4034 8686 4058 8696
4058 8678 4064 8678 4072 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 255DEG 36KT 4045 8685
$$
KOCH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 192338
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
738 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
INC015-023-067-157-200000-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-090820T0000Z/
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPPECANOE-
738 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE...NORTHWESTERN HOWARD
AND CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLORA...OR 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BURLINGTON AROUND 745 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4071 8651 4071 8641 4070 8637 4058 8637
4058 8620 4048 8615 4034 8686 4058 8696
4058 8678 4064 8678 4072 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 255DEG 36KT 4058 8650
$$
KOCH000
WWUS53 KIND 192351
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
751 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
INC015-023-067-157-200001-
/O.CAN.KIND.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-090820T0000Z/
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPPECANOE-
751 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN
TIPPECANOE...NORTHWESTERN HOWARD AND CARROLL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THESE STORMS HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4071 8651 4071 8641 4070 8637 4058 8637
4058 8620 4048 8615 4034 8686 4058 8696
4058 8678 4064 8678 4072 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 255DEG 36KT 4061 8634
$$
NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Howard, Montgomery and 3 more | 56 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.